Um, wha? There are providers that will do "one-way" billing (charging less per Mb/s in one direction than the other), but the majority of usage-based transit services are sold without regard to which directino the highest traffic goes.
Now peering, that's a different story. Peering partners, for better or for worse, will get snippy if in/out traffic ratios are out of whack. -C On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 07:48:49PM -0700, Gironda, Andre wrote: > > > All ISP's selling transit ask for strict traffic ratios. > How often do you think they get what they ask for? I > would guess not very often. People like flat rate 95th% > with no minimal commitment (both the seller and buyer) > because that's easy to keep track of. Simplicity is king, > again. > > Cogent's deals were to make things easy, right? > > I don't know what they charge, but anyone can see that > an offer like 100Mbps for $10,000 a month makes sense > in terms of simplicity (not saying it makes sense in > terms of a transit provider making any money, tho) ;> > > -dre > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Daniel Golding [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 6:52 PM > > To: 'Alex Rubenstein'; 'Gironda, Andre' > > Cc: 'Andy Dills'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: Qwest Transit > > > > > > Hmm. Cogent does require some semi-strict traffic ratios to get the > > really good deals. If it's not violating an NDA, is Qwest asking for > > similar ones, these days? > > > > - Dan
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